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Poetry: Another witness of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon as an ancient record.
This site's purpose is to help uncover difficult to see poetry within the Book of Mormon, unlock additional meaning, and provide a place for new poetry and music about the truths in the Book of Mormon.
Featured chiasm
Alma’s Conversion
Alma 36
The finest extended chiasm in the book. Alma tells Helaman the story of his own conversion, and the chapter finds its center point with him: Jesus Christ, Son of God, sits at the exact center.
Read the full center point- A
My son, give ear to my words.36:1
- B
Keep the commandments of God, and ye shall prosper in the land.36:1
- M
I was harrowed up by the memory of my many sins.36:17
- N
I remembered also to have heard my father prophesy concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.36:17
- N′
I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me.36:18
- M′
I could remember my pains no more; I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.36:19
- B′
Inasmuch as ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall prosper in the land.36:30
- A′
This is according to his word.36:30
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1 Nephi 16 — the hunt at the center
Six pairs, from the murmur to the meal and back. The same table you sent: verse, matching verse, and the center point between them.
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How Chiasmus Was Discovered in the Book of Mormon
Scripture Central · Greg Welch · 10:15
The 1967 morning in Regensburg when John W. Welch opened Mosiah and found inverted parallelism waiting on the page.
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